Insights from Big Techday 26: Stephan Ilaender on digital sovereignty

Digital sovereignty is often framed as a policy issue. At our Big Techday 26, Stephan Ilaender from Schwarz Digits explained why it can also be a competitive advantage.

In his talk “Souveränität als Wettbewerbsvorteil – Vom Einzelhändler zum digitalen souveränen Hyperscaler”, Stephan described how STACKIT approaches a cloud platform that serves both the Schwarz Group’s own workloads and external customers. He covered portability across public cloud, sovereign environments, on-premises deployments, and edge systems, and outlined why operational control and resilience matter for critical retail infrastructure.

Watch the recording here.

Thanks to Stephan for sharing his perspective on digital sovereignty and cloud infrastructure in Europe.